Order On Deliveries Extended

The U.S. Postal Service can continue to refuse to deliver orders for weight loss pills and breast enlargement creams to a Fort Lauderdale mail-order firm, a U.S. district judge ruled.

Judge Joe Eaton on Wednesday extended by 40 days a court order that since November had prevented the Robertson-Taylor Co. from receiving certain deliveries.

Company president Mitchell K. Friedlander claims that $1 million in orders are being held back.

Friedlander said if he were not soon able to collect the undelivered mail, he might go out of business. He could not be reached for comment.

U.S. Postal Service attorneys are trying to obtain a permanent cease-and- desist order against the company, claiming it has attracted customers by false claims about the effectivenss of the products it advertises.

Sandra McFeeley, an attorney for the Postal Service, asked Eaton on Monday for permission to stop mail deliveries for at least six months more while administrative hearings on the company`s advertising practices continue in Washington, D.C.